Lissette Corsa ducks left and weaves right. Her opponent kicks over her head, and she spins and grabs him from behind. He arches his back as he moves downward. He slips out of her grasp, spinning to face her. Corsa is a student of Capoeira, a 500-year-old Brazilian martial art gaining popularity in the Bay area. The studio Corsa attends, Tampa Capoeira on East Bearss Avenue, is one of several schools in the area injecting rhythmic flow into exercise and self-defense. ...more

December 5, 2008

If I were anointed Florida's Minister of Culture, I would order glorious monuments to the exalted chicken. Florida may be hopelessly fragmented, but almost everyone - rich and poor, black and white, rural and urban - loves perfectly cooked fried chicken. ...more

October 13, 2008

David Manson embraces almost all aspects of Brazilian culture, but he takes a pass on the caipirinha. ...more

June 22, 2008

U.S., Honduran and Nicaraguan soldiers searched remote jungle beaches and the open sea Thursday looking for survivors and the dead from Hurricane Felix's rampage. ...more

September 7, 2007

Doctors threw together a makeshift clinic Wednesday to tend to the injured after powerful Hurricane Felix flooded their hospital and wrecked villages on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Remnants of the storm drenched Central America, and the death toll rose to 18, with dozens more missing. ...more

September 6, 2007